Geometric foam blocks mimic marble and terrazzo at Beirut Design Week
Blocksfinj, a recently-launched Beirut-based company making foam furniture, showcased squishy blocks that look like solid stone during Beirut Design Week. More
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Smarin to scatter 85 foam blocks across a beach for Cannes Film Festival
Eighty-five modular foam seats modelled on "common concrete building blocks" will stack to form a beach installation by French furniture brand Smarin during the Cannes Film Festival (+ slideshow). More
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Sungsin Eo designs foam display system for child-friendly exhibitions
Royal College of Art graduate Sungsin Eo has designed a foam display and seating system for museums to present information to children in an engaging and playful way (+ movie). More
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Memories of the Future by Carl de Smet
Interieur 2012: Belgian designer Carl de Smet of Noumenon has developed high-tech foam furniture that can be squashed to 5% of its original size for easy transportation and then expanded "like popcorn" by heating it up (+ movie + interview). More
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Dual Cut by Kitmen Keung for Sixinch
Hong Kong designer Kitmen Keung has created a lounge chair and ottoman by slicing a cube of foam in two. More
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SuperFoam Chair by Rich Gilbert
Here are a couple of images of SuperFoam Chair, a chair made of foam with giant bubbles by designer Rich Gilbert. More
